Spectra Optia Apheresis System Operator’s Manual
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Therapeutic Plasma Exchange with a Secondary Plasma Device (TPE-SPD) Procedures
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Entering and Confirming Patient and Procedure Data
This section contains instructions for entering patient data, entering fluid data, and reviewing and confirming run
values. You can enter the data after you select the procedure and before you connect the patient. It is important that
the data you enter be as accurate and as current as possible.
Entering Patient Data
1
Touch the buttons on the screen to enter the following information:
• Sex
• Height
• Weight
• Hematocrit (Hct)
The Spectra Optia system uses the sex, height, and weight to calculate the patient’s TBV. See page 266 for the
formula the system uses to calculate this value. If you prefer to override the TBV the system calculated, touch
TBV
and enter a different volume. The operator override icon ( ) will appear on the button.
2
Touch
Confirm
. The data screen for the plasma device appears.
Reviewing and Confirming the Plasma Device Data
The default values that appear on the screen correspond to the values that were configured on the plasma device
configuration screen.
1
Review the values on the screen. Change them if needed so that they are correct for the current procedure.
2
Touch
Confirm
. The run values screen appears.
Note:
When you are required to enter numerical data, the system displays a data entry pad for entering the data. The
acceptable numerical range appears on the data entry pad.
Note:
If the patient weighs less than 25 kg (approximately 55 lb), the system does not calculate a TBV. You
must calculate and enter the appropriate TBV for the patient.
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